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PHOTOS: Everyone At Comic Con!

Many, many apologies for the delay in posting photos from Saturday’s Chuck-tastic Comic Con panel. Blame it on the abundance of riches we had to sort through and upload, then go to the Gallery and enjoy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YVONNE STRAHOVSKI!!

ChuckTV.net would like to wish our favorite Orange, Orange girl a very happy birthday today. Cheers, Yvonne!

The Question of the Same-Sex Kiss

The Chuck panel let slip the fact that there’s going to be a ’same-sex’ kissing scene in this next season, and E!Online’s Kristin answers the question of who will be involved.

Tessa in Albuquerque, N.M.: Kristin, thanks for the Chuck scoop from Comic-Con! The panel was amazing, but I have to ask: Who is doing the same-sex kissing this season?! They never said!
Yeah, and I’m not really sure I was supposed to let that cat out of the bag, but I can tell you that the two kissers are the fine (and I do mean fi-yeene) fellas who got the most raucous applause during the panel. A little Adam Baldwin and Zachary Levi tonsil hockey anyone? Obviously, the way in which this happens is not anywhere near a blossoming romance, but it is hot and ridiculous and hilarious, and I think you’re gonna love it, along with all the rest of the goodness for the new season!

“Chuck” Cast Chat with E!Online

We’ve grabbed a video clip of E!Online’s Kristin chatting it up with the boys and girls of Chuck. Take a look.

Video: Chuck Panel at Comic Con

Now you can view the hilarity for yourselves. Enjoy!

Adam Baldwin is a Porcupine and Other Chuck News from Comic Con

WARNING: SPOILERS!

Today’s Chuck panel at Comic Con was a blast! The panel featured Ryan McPartlin, Sarah Lancaster, Joshua Gomez, Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Adam Baldwin, Chris Fedak and Josh Schwartz, but first we were shown a preview of season 2. It’s going to ROCK! We saw scenes from the first 5 episodes including the already infamous shower fight between Yvonne and Nicole Richie, Sarah’s new undercover uniform (orange tank, white shorts), Chuck being dangled out the window by Michael Clarke Duncan, a cage match at the Buy More, the return of Bryce, Jill’s appearance, and LOTS of Chuck and Sarah. (An abbreviated version is on YouTube.) Here’s a quick rundown of what happened during that all-to-brief hour:

ROMANCE
Josh Schwartz says that they’ll be “owning the love story right out of the gate” this season. Zac embraced Josh Gomez, to the crowd’s delight, then realized Schwartz meant the Chuck/Sarah romance. The moderator asked how the “bromance” between Chuck and Morgan was faring this season. Zac says that it’s strained because Chuck is in his spy world while Morgan is holding down the fort at the Buy More, but it’s still simmering. That flame will never go out, he claims.

Speaking of the other romance, Zac looks at Yvonne and asks, “Isn’t she hot?” The crowd says that yes, she is. Zac then asks Yvonne, “What is our romance like this season?” “Steamy,” she says. Based on the clips we saw before the panel, there is a LOT going on with Chuck and Sarah at the beginning of the season, including a couple of kisses and possibly a real date!

In other romance news, Awesome & Ellie are planning their wedding with Ellie in full “Martha Stewart mode”. Schwartz is planning his own bachelor party and apparently some of that (and his wedding) will be ending up on the show. Morgan and Anna are also smooching this season. Alas, no smooching for Casey yet. Later a fan went up to the mic and said that Big Mike (Mark Christopher was in the VIP section) wanted to know if he’s getting a love interest.

Schwartz: Is that true?
Mark: OK
Schwartz: Big Mike might be getting a love interest and it might be Morgan’s mom.
Gomez: *gasp* Well, she is a MILF.

Schwartz also revealed that there will be a same sex kiss this season between two people who were on stage. The cast all started looking at each other, but no one knew who it was going to be.

THE NERD HERD
The Nerd Herders will be regulars this season so we’ll be seeing more of them. Gomez says that the Buy More crew “is up and running…not well.” A new assistant manager is needed, so Jeff and Lester compete for it in a cage match Morgan rigs up (we saw a clip in the preview; so funny!) which is, of course, the best way to choose leadership. Lester wins and rules the Buy More for a while until he can’t hack it, then Emmett Milbridge (Tony Hale) comes in.

Warner Bros. gave away a Nerd Herd mobile, but the lucky winner wasn’t in the panel. Hey, Samuel, if you see this, send us a photo of yourself in your new car!

THE INTERSECT
Schwartz says they’ll deal with the Beta Intersect issue right away. Casey has to “disappear” Chuck, and we’ll see Casey start to develop “a feeling”. Just one.

THE STORY ARC
Something catastrophic happens at the end of the premiere which sets into motion a story arc leading up to an amazing season finale. Each week will have it’s own villain or crisis to solve, but there is an overarching storyline for the whole season.

GUEST STARS
Zac’s job “does not suck.” He has Jill and Sarah fighting over him and has to make out with Melinda Clarke so far this season. “I don’t write it, but I’m gonna go with it, if I have to.” That Zac, he’s a team player.

Yvonne talked about what is going to be an iconic moment in the series – the shower fight between Sarah and Heather (Nicole Richie). “I enjoyed kicking Nicole’s butt on the show. She kicked my butt, too. You’ll have to watch to see who wins.” This was her first fight scene with water, which she thought was a lot of fun.

There aren’t any plans for Lou to return in the near future, but her deli is still there by the Buy More. Schwartz says that she’s probably still making the Chuck Bartowski, just not making out with Chuck Bartowski.

ADAM IS A PORCUPINE
The crowd was all about Adam Baldwin, of course. A Firefly alum at Comic Con? As Zac said, Adam could be on the panel by himself speaking gibberish and people would show up. Someone asked if there was a chance that Adam would appear on Dollhouse and he replied, “H*ll no, I’m on Chuck now!” The crowd approved.

More jokes about Adam’s status at Comic Con had us laughing and cheering, then Adam got serious and thanked the fans for their love and support following him to Chuck. It was very sweet. Gomez voiced what many of us were (sort of) thinking: “Adam’s like a porcupine: prickly so you don’t want to touch him, but inside he’s all soft and cuddly.” That earned a growl from the porcupine, but it sounds like the secret is out.

GOOD QUESTION
The fans had some good questions for the panel. Someone asked how each of the cast would want their character to die. Here’s how they answered:

Ryan: In bed.
Yvonne: In Chuck’s arms. (awwww)
Ryan: No decapitations, because then you can’t come back. I was on a soap, I know.
Sarah: I think I’d want Casey to kill me, he’s a bad*ss.
Gomez: At the arcade.
Zac: All the good ones are taken. And I don’t really sit around thinking about how to die. I’ll say in Sarah’s arms. (awwww)
Adam: In an exploding Crown Vic.

Another fan asked someone in Chuck’s “real” life would find out about his secret spy life this season.
Zac: No.
Schwartz: You want to bet on that?

Relating back to Adam’s work on Firefly, a fan asked if Casey had any names for his guns.
Adam: I like the name “shiny”. (massive cheers)

Someone wanted to know if Chuck will be going back to college to get his degree. Schwartz says that will be addressed in the first five episodes.

RANDOM CHUCKNESS
Yvonne auditioned for the lead on the Bionic Woman series at the same time she auditioned for Chuck. Schwartz was gleeful about having grabbed her first.

The cast likes to do impressions of each other. Gomez did his impression of Awesome. Ryan claims that he’s working on his impression of Morgan, but has to grow a beard and cut himself off at the knees. Zac did his impression of Yvonne saying no – “Naeiou”.

And that winds up the text portion of our report. We have video and photos to upload, but the Internet connection in the hotel is sloooooow, so it will be a day or two before we get those posted. Also, be on the lookout for contests to win some cool swag we scored to give away to Chuck fans!

It’s Chuck Day at Comic Con!

It’s Saturday at Comic Con, which means one thing – Chuck! The panel is at 3:30 this afternoon and we’ll be there to bring you full coverage. But that’s not the only Chuck at Comic Con – check out these photos of Mel and Liz with a Nerd Herd Mobile and with the giant poster of Chuck:

New Promo: New Is Good!

Another new promo for the new season of Chuck, this time with new footage. In case you couldn’t tell, new = good!

Thanks to Tricia at Zachary-Levi.net for the head’s up. Be sure to check out their new layout!

More from the TCAs: Love Triangle, Guest Stars, Videos, Etc.

BuzzSugar has the following report (warnign: spoilers for season 2) from the TCAs:

Of all the shows affected by the writers’ strike, NBC’s Chuck took one of the hardest hits. The show was just really hitting its stride when the strike cut it short, and its final two episodes aired in a sort of bizarre Chuck sandwich. My biggest question for the show heading into season two was whether people would even really remember it exists.

But Josh Schwartz, Zachary Levi, and company are setting out to make sure we remember the show Schwartz calls “my little baby.” With a new framework for the series, and a bevy of guest stars — including Nicole Richie, who gets into a shower fight with Sarah — lined up for appearances, Chuck is looking to be back with a bang. Want to hear a little of what’s coming up for the show? To hear what Schwartz, Levi, and Yvonne Strahovski spilled at the TCA press tour, just read more.

• There will be no hesitation jumping right in to what’s been happening with Chuck since we last saw him. “Our ‘Previously On’ is Chuck being dangled out of a window by Michael Clarke Duncan, telling the story of how he got there,” Schwartz said.
• After we’re all caught up, the show will move quickly into determining Chuck’s fate. Once the new Intersect is up, Chuck won’t be so necessary anymore, and Casey will be asked to “disappear” him — a mission complicated by the fact that Casey is actually starting to like our nerdy antihero. The whole season will explore the show’s mythology a bit more, with deeper story arcs to go along with the missions and villains of the week.
• Another thing Chuck will have: romance, and not least because Chuck’s college girlfriend Jill (played by Jordana Brewster) will be back in the picture. “We had planned to bring her back at the end of last season if it hadn’t been for the strike,” Schwartz said. “It’s going to be a huge arc for us and really set the show off in a new direction.” As for Sarah’s feelings? “I love me a love triangle,” Schwartz said. “This is somebody who has a legitimate threat — she is beautiful and cool and smart and dynamic. She gets some information about what Chuck may actually do for a living, which means he can have like a real relationship with her. So it’s a real threat to the [Chuck/Sarah] romance.”
• Chuck’s also going nuts with the guest stars — not just Richie and Brewster but also John Larroquette, Tony Hale, Michael Strahan, Michael Clarke Duncan, Melinda Clarke, and Ben Savage, who plays Richie’s husband in the fourth episode. Oddly enough, I may be most excited about Strahan’s episode, if only because it will introduce us to the Mighty Jocks, the Sports Authority-esque sales team that shares strip mall space with the Buy More. But there’s also the hilarious idea of Larroquette as Roan Montgomery, legendary seducer of women, who may have had a relationship with hardened government operative General Beckman.
• Sarah’s getting a new cover job and a new cover uniform, Yvonne Strahovski told me — and while she was mum on the details (other than that she prefers the color scheme to her Weinerlicious getup), Levi said Sarah’s newly employed at a Pinkberry-esque frozen yogurt joint.
• Schwartz said there will be “11 percent more Captain Awesome,” and he’ll take his shirt off within the first seven minutes of the first episode. (Is that a threat or a promise?)

Are you ready for a Chuck with more guest stars, more story arcs, and more romance? I’m pretty sure I am. Sound off below!

Zac also talk with Access Hollywood about Chuck, the writers’ strike, and what to expect in season 2:

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